By Collin Bomysoad

The Trump Administration has rolled back environmental protections, which are harmful not only to the fight against climate change but also to the Chesapeake Bay. 

The CBF

The Chesapeake Bay Foundation, joined by other individual environmentalists, is taking Donald J Trump’s EPA to court over the concerning rollbacks that will do more harm than good. The Clean Air Act, written into law in 1963, had an addition added onto it in 2009 called the Endangerment Finding to help fight climate change, however is getting rolled back which has been described as the “Single largest deregulatory action in U.S. history” and “if ruling is allowed to stand it can abandon the work of climate change at the federal level.”

The Front Line Of Climate Change

The Chesapeake Bay is on the front line of the fight against climate change, as a matter of importance from the CBF, which later described having intense storms and water levels rising, which overwhelm marshes, extreme temperatures hurt people, animals, and plants, warmer waters have less oxygen, and more runoff pollution. CBF has worked tirelessly to help reverse these issues that are now more prevalent in our modern day. The CBF Vice President Allison Hooper Port said, “Climate change is already harming people and the Chesapeake Bay, regardless of the Trump Administration’s ridiculous claims. This latest rollback is a threat to us all.” 

Implications

It’s important to know that it’s not just the people who are part of the fight against climate change; it’s the individuals in power as well. The current Trump Administration is enacting these rollbacks for selfish reasons and is not seeing the bigger picture beyond just profits or economic freedom. We must vote, take action, and increase the intensity of these politicians to make them realize not what they can gain from protecting the Chesapeake Bay, but what they can lose if more harm than good is done. 

Sources: Chesapeake Bay Foundation Sues to Block Trump Climate Protection Rollbacks • Chesapeake Bay Foundation 

Chesapeake Bay Foundation sues Trump administration over rollback of climate pollution protections